Pocketed carrier equipment



Feb. 2o, 1923.

c. F. RANDALL.

POCKETED CARRIER EQUQPMENT Filed Feb. 15

Patented Feb. 20, i923..

CHARLES r. RANDALL, or isosroii, MASSACHUSETTS, Assisivoe, BY ivinsivn esercit- Mnivrs, To MILLS BELT coiariiii'r, or woaonsrnn, iriissiiciinsnrrs, A CORPORA- TION or MASSACHUSETTS'. i

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Be it known that l, (l1-malins if. ilumina., a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county otI Suffolk, State oli Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful improvement iii Pocketed vCarrier Equipments, ot which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention is an improvement in pockolass embracing cartridge-carriers. hospital corps belts, medical oflicers belts, and vari- `ous other carriers having `special adaptatio-ns.

The invention relates to `the pockets and pocket-covers or tia-ps oi carriers ol: the general class just mentioned.'

The invention is especially applirable for* the production of body-supported carriers` having smooth front pockets; that is to say, carriers forming part ot military or the like equipment, worn by being supported upon the body of the wearer7 and "furnished with one or more pockets having their cover orl flap arrangements, and the Fastening devices therefor, located at the top ot the pockets so that the pocket-.fronts are elearand smooth in the closed condition of the pookets. However, the main feature of the invention is applicable yalso in the case ot' a pocket havinga cover or flap-member that folds down against the pocket-trout.

The invention consists, essentially, iii ay pocketed carrier having combined with the pocket thereof a pair of cover or flap-members located at the back and front of thel s pocket-mouth, respectively, which are adapted to fold in opposite direct-ions toward` each other and interlap over the said mouth, giving double weather-protection, `and constituted by Vprolongations of the back and front ofan internal reinforce orilining for the pocket-back, pocket-trout, and pocketbottom.

The invention may be embodiedy variously in practice. The drawings show different ,embodiments of the features thereof.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is an isometric view of two of the smooth-front pockets of a cartridge-carrier` containing one of the said embodiments.

Fig. 2 is a view of theopen pocket of Application led Febiuaryl, 1918. `Serial No. 217,407.

l in vertical cross-sectioii on a somewhat large-r scale. o

Fig. 3 is a View showing in vertical crosssection an embodimentv in which the rear `cover or flap-member folds down against the pooketront. i

Fig. 4 is a view showing in vertical section a pocket having a rear cover or lapmember ot single thickness that folds down against the pocket-front. eted carriers made oie woven material ot' the iwith the body-supported supporting-band or backing 2, which is regarded as bestiin practice, or may be made separately in approved manner (either by weaving them as pockets or by stitching them intosha-pe) and. 'then attached to the said supportingfband `or Or, according to another known backing. inode of construction, the carrier vmay be composed. of separately produced backing and facing webs, the latter woven with liullnesses to form pocket-pouches, fastened togethertace to face. A carrier may comprise either a singlepocket or aseries of pockets woven upon or` yapplied to a supporting-band or backing. l

At 3 is `the combination cover orilap and reinforce piece. `This piece is composed ot asuitable length of a selvagge-edged webbing of the proper width for the combined cover or {lap-member and internal reinforce.

It may be of uniform width throughout, or its width may be varied iny divergent portions ot' its length by well-known procedure in weaving. y rlhe two prolongations' thereof at the mouth of the pocket `constitute the rear and front cover or flap-members aforesaid. In Figs. l and 2 the said meinbersare marked 3 and 3b, respectively. In Fig. `3 they are marked 3C and 3d, respectively:,`` in Fig. 4L the lrespective cover or flap-membersare marked 3e and 3f; land'inv Figs. yand 6 they are rmarked 3g and 3h. `The said `cover or flap members are connected, respectively, with the pocket-back la, and thepocket-front l",

ter comprising7 in this instance,,interengag-` The connection of the cover or flap-niembers with the pocletback and pocket-front is effected by means of ,lines of stitches l, el,

or other suitable fastenings. engaging with the piece 3 at the top of the pocket.

` In the case ofthe smooth-front'construe tion `shoivnin Figs. l and2, the tivo cover or flap-members 3a and 3b are short, and in their closed condition are locatedV Wholly 'at the top ofthe pocket, leaving the pocket- A front clear and smooth. The members 5 and 6 ofthe cover or vflap fastening device are so applied to the said cover o-r flap-members 3, 3b, as to engage with each other at the top of the pocket, thereby locating the fastening idevice also at the top of the closed pocket. u

AIn the case of the construction shown in Fig. 3, the front cover or' flap-member 3d i-s short and `similar to' the front cover or .'iiap-member 8bv of Figs. 1 andQ, but the rear cover or flap-member 8C, is long enough to fold dovvn in front of the pochetfront. ts free end is adapted to be fas tened down in usual .manner against the poclet-front by the fastening device, the lat- '.ing vmembers which are attached to thc pocket-front and cover or fiap-member'c,

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asfusual.k The portions of material constituting the front land rear cover or flap-members of Figs. l, 2, and 3, are shown as folded back upon themselves so as to produce smooth, firmfand'finished ends upon the cover or flap-members. The cutv ends of the' turnedbaclr portions are shown as entered and coniinedbetiveen the adjacent portions of the combination coveror flap and. reinforce` pieces and the rpocket-Walls,@whereby such f e cut4 ends are concealed andprotected and `frayingout isprovided against. vThey are securedin such confinement vthrough being engaged the stitches or other ,fastenings 4, 4Q i f f v The free end,oftlie rear cover or flapmember 3C of `Fig.,j3 may be made pointed.`

inl practice, by tucking portions of the fold VbackA in ybetween the tWo thicknesses composving 'such coverfor flap-member and securing the tucked-in portions in place lby stitches.

':The side-margins ofv the tivo,` thicknesses `"comprising the 'rear cover or flap-member 3C *of Fig. Sand otliermtvvo-thicknesscover or flap -Ineillbers may be fastened together( by lines of stitches.`

In the case of the construct-ion shown in Fig. 4, the front cover or flap-member 3*'- is like the corresponding` member of Figs. l, Q, and 3, but the rear cover or flap-member 3e is of single thickness,v as in the case of the covers or iiaps of the construction heretofore usual, and isiinished off'at its freeendin the usual manner, and said free end is fastened in place at the front of the pocket through the interengagement of the members of its fastener. y

The pockets of Figs. 3 land et, present the same, or substantiallyY Vthe same, ex ;ernal construction and appearance as pocketed carriers suoli. as are extensively iniise at the present time, but haveincrea-sed iveather protection at the'topftogether 'ivithtlieap' plied internal reinforce or lining. l l

Figs. 5 and t3 sh'oiv a construction which corresponds inthe main with that'slioivn in Figs. l and 2, but ivithout fastener-members applied to the cover or flap-members as in l and 2. ln Figs. 5 and il the interlapping coveror flap-members, which are mai-lied 3h, are fastened down by a strip or tape 9, of any approved Widthjattached by one end thereof to the rear of the pocket, as by having such end inserted between the pocketebacl; and the combined A`cover `or` flap and reinforce piece and caught byl the d stitches fi and vadditional stitches 4ta. The

free end of this strip or ta e is adapted to fold down at the front of t ie pocket-front, and to be fastened down as in the` case of ,the cover or' flap heretofore in common use, namely, through the interengagement ofthe members of a fastener-device, one of suclif members being attached tothe pocletffront and the other` member, 6,v tothe stripv orv tape.

hespecific construction of the'interlap-r ping cover or flap-members, and :specific mannerof finishing the same'oifjmayjbe varied more or less in practice. The invention renders it1 unnecessary'to Weave the pocket-back or t supporting-Web With a housing-slit for the reception'of the attaching end of a cover or flap',o r to Weave the pocket-front or the cover or flap-mem-e bers with such slits. It valso renders litunnecessary to Weave the pockets with integral reinforcings. Theprocess of Weaving the pockets is simplified and expedited very appreciably my' inventiom so that thecost of pocket carrier iv bs reduced and `the speed of productionincreased. having the pair of cover or lflapmembers",constituted by integral portions of one piecev ojffrna` terial l avoid having to `attach separatepieces of material to the baclf and front respectively of a pocket.. Consequentlygithe 'Work of connecting the pair'of cover or flap-members is simplifiedand facilitated., Both Vof the cover or flap-members are more securely attached to a pocket than vvouldbe't-he case yif either of them should consistw ofa small iii piece of materiel, separately stitched 'to one of the pocket-walls. The one-piece inserted lining-piece forms a continuous smooth interior surfacing for the front-Wall,pochethottom, and beck-Wall, without. any internal projection or shoulder capable of obstructing the insertion or vif'ithdravval of car4 tridges, etc. In the case of pockets in which a portion of a flapfpiece is entered into a pocket and fastened in place Within the pocket, the end of the inserted portion constitutes such a shoulder and obstruction, especialljiv if such end be turned back upon itself to conceal a cnt edge,'and stitched through both thicknesses, as usual.` lf 'the end should not be turnedibeck upon itself to conceal the eut edge, the latter would fray out in use, so that loose ends of yarns would be freed, and the end would eventually break loose .from the securing stitches.`

`W hat is claimed as the invention is l. A poclreted carrier of Woven material comprising a body-supported `band or backing, one-piece inserted lining-piece forn'iing a' continuous interior surfacing for the frontivall, pocket-bottom, and yback-Wall, with one extremity thereof extending out of the pocket at the back thereof to constitute a back cover or ap member and the other extremity thereof extending `out of the pocket at the front thereof to constitute front cover or flap member.

2. A poclreted carrier of Woven material comprising e body-supported bend or back` ing and a `plurality of pockets outstanding therefrom in exposed position, respectively` a pocket outstanding therefrom, and a having combined therewith an internal re- A pocleted carrier of' Woven material inV which the usual cover-'ldap housing-slit is dispensed with comprising a body-supported band or backing and a plurality of pockets outstanding therefrom in ,exposed position, and having contained Within each'poclet an internal reinforce or lining having prolongations extending' out ofthe pocket interior at both the front and rear of the pocket-mouth constituting a pair of cover or flap-members, one thereof folding from the pocket-front rearwardly leaving' smooth Vfront and the from the pocket-rear forwardly,` so

other i that thek tivo cover or Hap-members lnterlap `over seid mouth, and having fastening means forsaid prolongations of the internal reinforce or lining located entirely at the top of the pocket, ivhereby an improved carrier` having smooth-front',pockets is provided.

`in presence ofy two Witnesses.

CHARLES F. RANDALL.

l/Vitnessesz l j ELLEN O. SPRING, ELsrn A. BARTzsoH.

In testimony Whereol` I affix my signature 

